Strict vegans often have ethical or environmental motivations to avoid consuming, wearing or otherwise procuring animal products. But studies show that a plant-based vegan diet also...
Adults are using e-cigarettes to transition from tobacco, but the trend might be the opposite for younger users, according to USA Today. A study by the...
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a toxic gas that can’t be seen, smelled or tasted. Since it doesn’t irritate the eyes or respiratory passages, it’s impossible for...
Gastritis is a condition caused by inflammation of the stomach lining. It can be characterized as either chronic or astute. Most cases aren’t serious and symptoms...
Health professionals advise that you drink approximately eight glasses of water a day to prevent dehydration. Do you find it hard to consume the recommended amount?...
Suddenly in February, the day turns sunny. It’s 50 degrees and it feels marvelous. Turn down the heat! Go for a walk! So why does 50...
A new study carried out by the National Bureau of Economic Research has shown that diners tend to order food with about 3 percent fewer calories...
Fibromyalgia is a neurological disorder characterized by chronic, widespread pain. While it’s precise cause is unknown, some researchers believe it results from an anomaly in the...
Although a person’s risk for diabetes increases after the age of 45, it’s not uncommon for children to develop the disease. In fact, according to the...
Are your lips chapped? If so, you’re not alone. Constantly exposed to the elements and covered with fragile skin, your lips have no oil glands to...
November is National Diabetes Month. Annually, approximately 1.5 million Americans are newly diagnosed with the disease. Could you be next? While certain members of the population...
While the mustache gave out its mightiest cry this millennia with the dawning of the worldwide Movember movement, its history reaches back much farther. The first...
Are you looking for ways to lower the amount of fat you consume? Here are four ways to make healthy meals without using butter or oil....
November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month. Although people tend to use the terms interchangeably, palliative care and hospice care are in fact two different...
The Movember Foundation encourages men to attend to their health, not only this November, but throughout the year. Here are some of the best ways men...
Butternut, pumpkin, spaghetti, kabocha, acorn — winter squashes are abundant at this time of year. Unlike summer varieties that are picked when they’re young and tender,...
Since 1983, November has been designated by presidential proclamation to be National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month. The disease is characterized by a type of dementia that...
After a prolonged standstill in glaucoma treatment, a new drug has been released that has been shown to dramatically improve treatment, according to The Glaucoma Research...
A popular oral medicine used to treat type 2 diabetes shows promise in the treatment — and even reversal — of pulmonary fibrosis, according to Pulmonary...
Good news older adults! If you are doing a complicated task and want to do your best, put a spoonful of sugar in your coffee. Or...
Once depressed, always depressed? Two researchers say, while that might be the message of the mental health discipline, it isn’t really true. Jonathan Rottenberg, Professor of...
Bad digestion, acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome and ulcerative colitis — all painful conditions with one thing in common: They can be treated with hypnosis. At...
Cancer is not a modern disease. Imhotep, a great Egyptian physician, wrote about breast tumors in 2600 BC. Greek historian Herodotus described cancer in 400 BC....
As more and more states are loosening their laws concerning the recreational or medical use of marijuana, statistics are showing that it is easier for teens...
Several medical companies are developing different methods of using umbilical cord blood as a more effective and safer replacement for the traditional bone marrow transplant, according...
The rate of doctors in the United States that are experiencing signs of burnout has been increasing in recent years, and more than half are now...
Positive tests for illicit drugs among workers are at their highest level in more than 10 years. That was the finding of lab services provider Quest...
Patients who have a specific kind of cancer, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), have been shown to have better survival rates when they paired immunotherapy drugs...
When the day is hot, it’s time to take precautions at work. Though heat-related deaths and illnesses are preventable, heat led to 37 work-related deaths and...
There are a striking number of benefits for babies that breastfeed, and every expecting mother should strongly consider providing nutrition to their newborn in this way,...